12.00 Marx reissue undersea or space or land recovery vehicle with accessories AND with clear dome; 2 RED, 3 OLIVE GREEN, IN STOCK.

Examples of Marx Mystery Ship 30mm Figures

A small set with a wind up gyro space ship + astronauts, aliens and a few accessories. The figures and accessories were all in one mold and run in both green and orange colors. They were then split up so each set would have astronauts in one color and aliens in the other with the accessories being a mix.

1.00 EACH Astronauts, 2.00 EACH Aliens from Marx Mystery Ship

Astronaut on rock; NONE.

Astronaut pointing; NONE.

Astronaut floating with wrench; NONE.

Astronaut saying "hey where is my space suit?"; NONE.

Astronaut walking hand to helmet visor; NONE.

Alien with four arms; NONE.

Alien in crouch both hands down; NONE.

Alien in helmet left hand up; NONE.

Alien with pistol in left hand; NONE.

Alien with right hand up; NONE.

Alien with pistol in right hand; NONE.

2.00 Rocket; NONE.

NONE - Launcher.

OUT OF STOCK - Marx RECAST Space Ranger items; Fourteen 30/35mm Figures (8 astronauts & 6 aliens) + three rockets with launcher (you supply spring) + two other items (I am not sure of their use). A mix of off whites & grays. Pretty much the same figures as the Marx Mystery ship figures except the two astronauts with big hoops on their heads. You will get at least one of each of the four accessory items and duplicates of one or two. The assortment varies from bag to bag. COLORS VARY.

Small maybe 30mm in scale. Made in metallic colors.

NONE IN STOCK

Reissues of the spaceships in bright colors were made in Mexico in the 1990s.

7.00 Style A; 1 pink.

7.00 Style B; 1 yellow.

7.00 Style C; NONE.

7.00 Style D; 1 pink.

Small 1/72 scale gray copies with factory paint of Marx 45mm Space Patrol figures were made in the 1950s/60s and were sold on blister cards and perhaps in "gum ball" machines. These figures can also be found in a variety of unpainted colors.

25.00 Twentyone 1/72 copies of Marx Space patrol figures in all 8 poses. You will get two of each pose + 5 random figures. (8)

The Space patrol figures were made in tan and shades of redbrown/orange. They are made of rubber like vinyl. The mold had one each of the two aliens and two women and two each of the 8 men. Sets that had only 10 figures would then not get one of the aliens and one of the women.

6.00 Alien in face mask; NONE.

6.00 Alien with big ears, waving; NONE.

6.00 Woman standing; NONE.

6.00 Woman climbing; NONE.

3.00 Man pointing; NONE.

3.00 Small man with pistol; NONE.

3.00 Man standing erect with pistol; NONE.

3.00 Man hunched over with big pistol; NONE.

3.00 Major Robertson at attention; NONE.

3.00 Man holding up two hoops;NONE.

3.00 Man seated; NONE IN STOCK.

3.00 Man throwing punch; NONE.

This mold contained 20 cavities and has the figures known as "Rex Mars" or "generic" space figures. There were two of the figure "floating in space", and one each of the other 12 humans and 6 aliens/robots. Playsets would have multiples of this grouping depending upon size.
Most of these figures exist with and without bases (the mold was altered). In early sets they were usually made in blue or yellow rubber like vinyl. In later years they were made of soft plastic in blue, silver, cream, metallic blue and a variety of other colors.

2.00 EACH Generic/"Rex Mars" Space Figures

Rubber like vinyl unless otherwise noted (SP = soft plastic).

MX602 Woman walking;

BASE; 1 blue rubber.

NO BASE; NONE.

MX603 Floating in space (always w/ base); NONE.

MX604 Looking through device;

BASE; 1 metallic blue SP.

NO BASE; NONE.

MX605 Walking with Geiger counter;

BASE; 1 metallic blue SP.

NO BASE; 1 blue ruber no antennae.

MX606 Standing with Walkie Talkie;

BASE; 2 metallic blue SP, .

NO BASE; NONE.

MX607 Kneeling adjusting robot (never with base); 1 metallic blue SP.

MX608 Walking with large pistol;

BASE; 2 blue rubber, (2.00 SHORT GUN TIP 1 blue rubber).

NO BASE; 1 blue rubber, (2.00 SHORT GUN TIP; 1 blue rubber).

MX609 Hands over head holding separate(not included) helmet;

BASE; 4 metallic blue SP, 1 blue SP.

NO BASE; 1 blue rubber.

MX610 Injured man being supported (may not have been made with base);

BASE; NONE IN STOCK

NO BASE; 1 blue rubber, 2 blue SP.

MX611 Supporting injured man;

BASE; `1 blue rubber, 1 metallic blue SP.

NO BASE; 1 blue rubber.

MX612 With hose;

BASE; 4 blue rubber, 1 blue SP.

NO BASE; 1 yellow rubber, 1 blue rubber.

MX613 Walking with 3 legged container;

BASE; 3 blue rubber.

NO BASE; 1 blue rubber.

MX614 Walking with small pistol (may not have been made with a base);

BASE

NEVER MADE

NO BASE; 2 blue rubber, 2 metallic blue SP.

This mold had 20 cavities. It contained two each of Tom Corbett standing hands on hips, seated driver figure and figure sitting reading a book + one each of the other 12 humans and two aliens. The Tom Corbet figures were usually made in gray rubber like vinyl in earlier years and soft plastic in later years.

Six of the seven (except crawling pose) were included in the Generic "Rex Mars" mold. The big ears and face mask poses were also found in the Space Patrol mold, and the big ears and crawling poses were in the Tom Corbet mold. So the crawling figure seems hardest to find and the big ears figure the most common. SP figures have bases while earlier rubber like vinyl can be found with and without bases.

This mold was made in 1961. PL-1120 had 16 cavities that included two different 2pc "bell" suits + 12 figures in 9 poses with three of the poses in duplicate. The seated figure was also used in the space capsule mold (PL-1119) and the pointing astronaut was put into the revised ground crew mold about 1960.

The Apollo astronauts are also called the "60mm" astronauts although they are more like 58mm in scale. They were made in white and bright orange. The mold PL-1503 had 34 cavities making two "sets" of 17 pieces as seen above. There were two different rockets, a small thin box and 14 figures in 12 poses in each "set". One duplicate was the man walking with ring hand as it took two of this pose to "carry" the thin box. Based on what we have seen the other duplicate is the figure with the hammer. As the mold made two sets the second duplicate could be different between the two 17 piece sets. This was the last playset figure mold Marx made and these figures were not put into playsets as complete 17 piece sets so it is difficult to determine the mold contents. Six of the poses were also made (PL-1500) in the 6 inch scale, usually in white.

Vintage

2.00 Rocket with fins; 3 white.

2.00 Rocket, NO fins; 4 white.

4.00 Thin box; NONE.

2.00 Astronaut holding flag; NONE.

2.00 Space walking; NONE.

2.00 With metal detector; NONE.

2.00 With small scoop and bag; NONE.

2.00 Walking dragging bag; NONE.

2.00 Walking carrying box; NONE.

2.00 Walking swinging arms; NONE.

2.00 Digging with shovel; NONE.

2.00 Walking ring hand; 1 orange.

2.00 With camera at chest; 5 orange.

2.00 With cube shaped scoop at side; NONE.

2.00 With hammer and long spike with box; 3 orange.

22.00 RECAST 16 Figure set, white. (1)

20.00 RECAST 16 Figure set flag shaft molded short, white. (2)

SOLD - 4206 GALAXY COMMAND boxed playset from the final year of Marx (1979. Looks to be near complete. There is a small crack in one of the vacuform pieces (see picture) and damage to three hard plastic pieces; trailer has railing split on one side and the disc helical radar antennae and the standard radar have broken attachment pegs. Box is a C6-7 and has insert.

5.00 Six Inch Astronaut with camera at chest, white. (1)

Like many of their figure molds the Marx ground crew mold had 16 cavities. The original mold made in 1959 had two each of six poses and one each of four poses (see photo above). In 1961 the mold was revised (thanks to Rusty Kern of PLAYSET MAGAZINE for the date information) and one of the two figures "holding gloves up" was replaced with a fully suited astronaut pointing (see picture below). We have seen the later mold shot figures including the astronaut in all the colors except metallic blue (this pose is also included in the silver astronaut mold and a smaller version in the Disneyland playset figure mold).

Marx made a small "exploding" mountain for their WWII playsets which were made in brown hard plastic. it was then used in the Moon Base playsets in light green. Picture above shows both versions (MISSING TRIGGER). It was reissued without a spring or trigger in the 1990s in a bronze color.